Libya came FIFA 17 Points aback down to apple with a bang in their next outing, draft 3-0 to holders Spain on Friday. Yet even that defeat represented some affectionate of progress. The two antecedent times African teams faced off adjoin ascendant champions they went down by seven goals or more.
In Alkhogas opinion, there is a simple acumen for the abysm in class. "African futsal is still developing and we are allotment of that process. We ambition to apprentice and we ambition the draft of the apple to anticipate awful of our futsal."
Although the angle adeptness be positive, Alkhoga was aghast to acquire arise off additional best adjoin the Spanish. "We were missing two of our a lot of important players but, even so, we should acquire played better. Lets accomplishment we can get aback to our best in the next game."
Up next for Libya are Iran and the aftereffect of that affray will go a connected way to chief their fate. "They are a abundant team," continues Alkhoga, "but Im assured an agitative bout because its the African champions adjoin the Asian champions. Annihilation can happen."
One activity for abiding is that the Libyans are adequate themselves in Rio. "The humans are affable and we like the aliment and the music. We feel appropriate at home." For them to extend their breach in Brazil, however, Alkhoga and his team-mates allegation to aces up credibility in their accessible encounters. And to do that they allegation to accumulate on defying the statistics, something the axis is abiding they can achieve. "We abstruse a lot in draft to Spain and annihilation is impossible."